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HYDERABAD, Dec 3: All the primary, middle, and secondary schools in Hyderabad, Qasimabad, Latifabad and adjoining towns remained closed on the 8th consecutive day on Monday on the call of the Sindh Teachers Ittehad.
The teachers continued the boycott of classes and the leaders of the Ittehad Jan Muhammad Parhiar, Kazi Aminuddin, Ismail Leghari, Khaleeq Ahmed Farooqui, and others visited many schools to ensure the success of the strike.
The teachers also held protest meetings in the premises of the schools demanding dismissal of the provincial secretary, Education, and the acceptance of their other demands.
As per announcement, the boycott will continue on Tuesday and Wednesday.
TJP: The chief of the Tahreek-i-Jafria Pakistan (TJP), Allama Syed Sajid Ali Naqvi expressed profound sorrow over the killing of Dr Ghulam Ali Shaikh, chief medical officer, central prison, Hyderabad.
Condoling the death of Dr Shaikh with his brother Shaikh Eijaz Ahmed on the telephone, Allama Naqvi demanded the immediate arrest of all the accused who had been nominated in the FIR.
He also demanded that the accused should be tried in the anti-terrorism court.
Meanwhile, the family members of the slain doctor told Dawn that they were receiving threats of dire consequences on the telephone for the withdrawal of the case.
SAU: The Sindh Agriculture University Tando Jam authorities announced on Monday that pre-entry test for students seeking admissions in the university and its affiliated college Dokri will be held on Dec 30 at 9am at the Public School Latifabad, Hyderabad.
The authorities have made it clear that those students who failed to appear in the entry test will not be considered for admission.
A spokesman of the university has informed that the new admission forms will be received at the campus by Dec 8 at the latest.
He has also cautioned the parents that some students had taken self-granted leave and left their studies and gone home without taking permission from the university authorities.
He said that the examination for the second term would be held on Jan 23, 2002 for which 75pc attendance was compulsory.
He said that those students who had left for their homes would not be allowed to appear in the examination if their attendance was less than 75 per cent and the university would have no option but to cancel the entire term.
The spokesman has advised the parents to make sure that their children attended classes regularly to complete 75 per cent attendance.
